Trish Collins

Trish Collins - Office Manager

Trish Collins of the Bradley County Road Department said the department received 900 gallons of diesel fuel Monday.

Bradley County Road Department Office Manager Trish Collins said she finally posted signs at the office and maintenance yard advising job-seekers the road department is not hiring.

"We were getting eight applications a week and sometime three or four in one day," Collins said. "We're not paving anything right now because it is too cold."

Since Collins wasn't hiring, she said giving out applications to welders and truck drivers became a waste of paper.

All three reported less turnover of employees, but Samples and Collins said they never had much of a revolving door anyway.

Trish Collins of the Bradley County Road Department said Bradley County averages replacing four bridges per year.

"Candies Creek, Rymer Road, Wilkerson Road, Chatata Valley, Pleasant Grove Trail and Dry Valley bridges have been replaced," said Collins.

"We see trucks going by our office everyday and trash just blows out," said Trish Collins, office manager at the Bradley County Road Department.

She said any material likely to fall off or blow off onto the highway is required to be enclosed or fully covered by a tarpaulin.

"Trash alongside roads just destroys the natural beauty of where we live," she said.

The intersection of Benton Pike and Minnis Road became a four-way stop this morning at 9, according to Trish Collins of the Bradley County Road Department.